Job Description

Role Purpose

This purpose of this role is to drive data-driven procurement by extracting purchasing insights, managing the full RFP process, and negotiating cost-effective contracts for operational categories. In addition, enhance efficiency and compliance through contract set up in Oracle Fusion, process standardization, SOP creation, and ongoing pricing and spend analytics. Lastly, this role is to support regional initiatives with KPI reporting, shared services opportunities, and procurement coverage (local), ensuring consistent delivery of sourcing objectives.

About the Role

Data mining - extracting historical purchasing data for RFP purposes. Full RFP process, including negotiation, for identified operational categories. Contract and service item creation, including set up & user training in Oracle Fusion (as required) Process definition - i.e. punchout catalogues, vending solution, CLM, ARO shared services opportunities SOP creation - category procurement process Pricing, audit check (punchout), spend analytics, regional KPI tracking & actual against target reporting. Monthly reporting

About You

Qualifications and Experience

A degree in business, operational management, logistics, engineering or another related field. A minimum of 5 years' experience in full cycle industrial procurement. Minimum 5 years' experience with a unionized environment.

Knowledge and Skills

Excellent people management skills with well-formed motivational skills, including solid negotiation, influencing, change management and labour relations skills. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and maintain good working relationships and achieve buy in and ownership to quality standards/ initiatives with all departments and levels. Ability to articulate clearly. Sound judgement and analytical thinking which enables decision making, ability to prioritize and manage timelines. Solid computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the proven ability to learn new systems quickly. * Previous experience using Oracle Fusion and Maximo software would be beneficial.